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Cindy Nicolson - Author, Magazine Publisher, Podcast Host, and Kingdom Life Strategist - shares her story and her faith including practically living at the church in her childhood; how being abused by people her family knew as a child led her into promiscuity; how the loss of a very close friend at the end of high school; falling in love with a Muslim guy, ending that relationship and entering into a relationship with a married man; the difference between being a “Christian” and Sonship; how her father’s illness played a role in her looking for male love/relationship; repenting alongside her married lover and later marrying him; the difference between surrendering and submitting; receiving the forgiveness of the Father; the difference between wanting a relationship with God and pursuing the relationship; a vivid dream of her father who passed away and how that healed her; how her love for people and desire to be in ministry came together through coaching; how her entrepreneurial journey started by selling a toothbrush; her love for writing and publishing - and the Holy Spirit - leading her to start her magazine; realizing we are “holistic beings”; Spirit, Soul, Body; Kingdom Living; Kingdom Stewardship; Impact; understanding who you are in Christ; being confident rather than arrogant; the beauty in wilderness seasons; understanding that there is somebody out there on the other side of our obedience; and so much more!

Scott had some initial microphone issues, however, Scott's sound is repaired around the 11:08 mark of the podcast

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Michael Smolders - President of Smolders Management Group, and Founder and Host of The Collar podcast shares his faith, his story, and his mission including being baptized into the Catholic faith as a child; having an exploratory agnostic phase in high school; moving to Taiwan and studying Buddhism; the importance of Matthew 16:18; the relationship with Jesus in the Catholic Church; the role “feelings” play in faith; the importance of Psalms; a spiritual experience that rocked him at the end of college; how his love of baseball and a Malcolm Gladwell book came together and sparked the idea for a training centre; going to church daily for three years and a deep dive into reading to understand the “why” behind his faith; how a pivot back into baseball steered him into the automotive industry; a purposeful change of career that allows him to give back directly to the Church; how a shortage of priests guided his next move; creating The Collar podcast; why there is a shortage of priests; how Messenger Eagle reaches potential priests where they are in this social media/YouTube culture; being scandalous with your faith; how advertising a Christian message actually helps the faith standout in today’s culture; the “three promises” for priests; how COVID brought people to the Lord; and so much more!

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Jim Schneider - Co-Founder of Eyes of Faith eyewear company - shares his faith discovery journey and his purpose including how a divorce had him searching for a faith of some kind; how a church men’s event to “go shoot some things” and a book set him on his path of discovering a relationship with Jesus; growing up Catholic but never having a relationship; his pursuit to get answers to the resurrection of Jesus; the importance of purposely getting “filled up”; the difference it makes in having a physical Bible in your hands; a desire to go into sales and a family history in the insurance business led to a pre-eyewear career; going all in when he came to Christ including cutting out all sexual activity with his then girlfriend (later his wife); how his desire to find his purpose led to the pivot into eyewear; how Eyes of Faith was born in “sin city”; determining of this was a “God idea”; navigating the challenges of the eyewear industry as the only Christian eyewear company in the world; the Eyes of Hope Vision Center in Ghana, West Africa; pairing frame style with scripture on the frames; downsizing in a difficult season; how the year 2020, ironically, did not bring clarity to the company; focusing on what was the next best thing to do; having to trust that God’s got them; fasting complaining; and so much more!

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